The Daytona Beach News-Journal

Air Florida Flight 90: 43 years ago, another airline crash in the Potomac. What to know.

This week’s tragic crash of American Airlines Flight 5342, which went down in a midair collision with a military helicopter about 400 feet above the Potomac River near Reagan Washington National ...
News4Jax

In 1982, a flight headed to Florida crashed into the Potomac River. Don Usher recounts the heroism that followed

Few stories in aviation history are as compelling as that of Don Usher. On a day in D.C. marked by heavy snow and poor visibility, Usher and his team were not expecting to fly. However, when Air ...
Miami Herald

An Air Florida jet crashed into the Potomac in 1982. A look at the tragedy and airline

Air Florida airplanes parked at a Miami International Airport hangar along Northwest 36th Street in 1984. Albert Coya Miami Herald File The deadly crash in the Potomac after an American Eagle jet ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

Air Florida Flight 90: What happened when plane crashed into DC's Potomac River in 1982?

American Airlines Flight 5342 and a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter collided near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night. All 64 people – 60 passengers, 4 crew members – aboard AA's flight and ...